Australia Telescope National Facility

Gemini Partnership - Contribution to the Capital Cost of Australiaö­s Participation in the Gemini Project

Funded under the International Collaboration Project of the
MNRF Program

Proposer: M Brennan

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The International Gemini Project (IGP) is building two 8 m optical/infrared telescopes, one in Chile and one in Hawaii. The telescopes and their instruments represent state-of-the-art technology, and will be important components of the optical astronomy programs of IGP members (US, UK, Canada, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Australia) well into the next century. The Hawaiian and Chilean telescopes will see first light in late-1998 and 2000 respectively. In February 1998 the Australian Government announced that Australia would contribute 5% of the $US193M project via the Australian Research Council (ARC). The MNRF allocation represents a contribution to the ARC funding package for the initial grant requests involving capital support of the IGP.

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